The CIRS Group Podcast

Are you healing from CIRS on easy mode, or are you making it harder on yourself?

For more information, visit https://thecirsgroup.com
CIRS, or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, is a complicated illness with a complex treatment plan. It can be difficult to attain the level of perfection your doctor may require for you to heal. Today we tackle ways to not let perfect be the enemy of good, and hopefully give you some ideas to “still live your life” while you’re trying to heal. For more information, support, and resources in your own CIRS healing journey, visit TheCIRSGroup.com
TIME STAMPS:0:00 Intro and disclaimer1:03 Perfect vs real life2:15 Location: dry vs humid climates6:58 Cleaning: Minimalism vs Maximalism10:40 Diet: Carnivore vs Standard American diet12:10 Efficiency of treatment through testing
HELPFUL LINKS:Episode on best way of eating with CIRS: https://youtu.be/jln8kKR5PiEEpisode on environment testing: https://youtu.be/CK0rPJE5Gcs
Jacie is a 4 year carnivore, certified nutrition coach, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a coach, facilitator, speaker, 3 year carnivore, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment.
Catch Jacie and Barbara on Judy Cho's podcast to learn more about their health journeys and why they started The CIRS Group: When Carnivores are Affected by Mold Illness - Jacie Gregory & Barbara Williams - https://youtu.be/CR8Uj-d_fok

Long waitlists for expensive doctors? Here's what you can do cheaply to feel better NOW with CIRS

For more information, visit https://thecirsgroup.com
CIRS, or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, is a complicated illness that usually requires costly treatment and remediation. Insurance rarely covers it, and because CIRS can cause us to work less (or less optimally) it turns into a bad cycle. This is why we’ve tackled today’s topic: What you can do for as little money as possible now, while you wait to save up for your first appointment with a CIRS literate practitioner. This episode focuses on OTC options and lifestyle changes you can do, not as a replacement for treatment, but as a way to feel as good as you can before starting treatment. For more information, support, and resources in your own CIRS healing journey, visit TheCIRSGroup.com
TIME STAMPS:0:00 Intro and disclaimer1:27 How to get pretty darn sure of your diagnosis cheaply4:41 How to eat and supplement while you wait to see a doctor8:00 Remove yourself from exposure:8:38 How to “cheaply” improve levels of mold, actinos, endos11:00 Hidden areas toxins can hide: Fridge, Washing Machine, Drains13:49 Consider moving, and environment testing14:38 Lyme15:57 COVID and vaccines19:11 Histamine issues and MCAS19:57 Things to remove: IUDs, birth control, Implants, botox21:58 Things to add to your life: Sun, movement, sleep
HELPFUL LINKS:Two options for taking the VCS test:https://www.vcstest.com/https://www.survivingmold.com/resources-for-patients/diagnosis/visual-contrast-sensitivity-vcsSymptom clusters on third slide here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C2rhdMUMjwr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==History of exposure options on first page: https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=a58887261996f4f05&q=https://www.survivingmold.com/docs/KJohnson_CIRS_ESSAY.PDF&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjwqd-oj9mEAxVsBEQIHSbmCQQQFnoECAMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2euIEAyOFCdRuaLQcUT6bGOmaprem supplements: https://www.nutritionwithjudy.com/shopping/inflammation/omaprem-spm-fatty-acidsEnvirobiomics test most often recommended by CIRS doctors: https://www.envirobiomics.com/product/sm-aeh-actino-endotoxin-hertsmi-2/?v=7516fd43adaaDr. Peg DeTulio, Lyme specialist: https://regenixhealing.com/home-pageCOVID episode: https://youtu.be/lBQ0xi1tHLo?si=-Iw1G6AcAtevp6uzSurviving Mold write up COVID: https://www.survivingmold.com/legal-resources/dr.-shoemaker-essays/new-research-articleFLCCC protocol: https://covid19criticalcare.com
Jacie is a 4 year carnivore, certified nutrition coach, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a coach, facilitator, speaker, 3 year carnivore, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment.
Catch Jacie and Barbara on Judy Cho's podcast to learn more about their health journeys and why they started The CIRS Group: When Carnivores are Affected by Mold Illness - Jacie Gregory & Barbara Williams - https://youtu.be/CR8Uj-d_fok

Long COVID? You might actually have CIRS! Is COVID is the new BIOTOXIN?

For more information, visit https://thecirsgroup.com
 
CIRS, or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, is often caused by environmentally based biotoxins like mold, bacteria, and sewage. Less talked about are the co-infections that might reside IN you, like Lyme, dental infections, IUDs, implants, some vaccinations, and now the newest one: COVID-19 as well as the vaccine for COVID. Today, we dig into Jacie’s experience with vaccine and COVID exposure and the protocol she had to do on top of the Shoemaker Protocol to fully heal from CIRS. For more information, support, and resources in your own CIRS healing journey, visit TheCIRSGroup.com
 
TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Intro
1:00 Jacie and Barbara’s experience with COVID
3:15 Disclaimer
3:36 Surviving Mold has identified COVID as a biotoxin
4:37 Jacie’s exposure to the COVID vaccine
6:31 Spike Protein Damage Protocols
8:13 CIRS Co-Infections
11:39 TheCIRSGroup.com member experience
 
HELPFUL LINKS:
SurvingMold.com article/study on COVID: https://www.survivingmold.com/legal-resources/dr.-shoemaker-essays/new-research-article
FLCCC Alliance protocol: https://covid19criticalcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/I-RECOVER-Post-Vaccine-2023-07-24.pdf
Jacie is a 4 year carnivore, certified nutrition coach, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a coach, facilitator, speaker, 3 year carnivore, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment.
 
Catch Jacie and Barbara on Judy Cho's podcast to learn more about their health journeys and why they started The CIRS Group: When Carnivores are Affected by Mold Illness - Jacie Gregory & Barbara Williams - https://youtu.be/CR8Uj-d_fok
 

Can eating Carnivore hurt you?! What carbs are safe? How to eat when you have CIRS, or mold illness

For more information, visit https://thecirsgroup.com
CIRS, or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, is a chronic illness that attacks multiple systems in the body, including the metabolism of energy and digestion of food. The fun side effects can include stubborn weight gain, histamine issues, GI issues, fatigue, and cognitive issues from lack of energy. Today, we’ll dig into why that is and ways of eating you may want to try to help yourself along this complicated healing journey. For more information, support, and resources in your own CIRS healing journey, visit TheCIRSGroup.com
TIME STAMPS:0:00 Intro and disclaimer0:52 Our qualifications2:45 Our experience with CIRS and carnivore4:09 Carnivoring harder is not the answer6:32 Carnivore as a band-aid8:04 How to eat for CIRS8:40 Why do an elimination diet10:15 Hypometabolism and difficulty with ketosis11:50 GI Issues: why digestive enzymes, butyrate don’t always work15:01 Low-Amylose, low-mold, AIP diets lead to carnivore17:07 Why carnivore/keto may not always work for CIRS21:05 Eat the meat you like, can afford, and makes you feel your best22:00 How to experiment with carbs23:10 Weight loss difficulty with CIRS25:27 Muscle gain difficulty with CIRS26:33 Leptin resistance28:20 Hypometabolism and gluconeogenesis29:19 Mobilizing fat stores can cause worsening symptoms
HELPFUL LINKS:Resource from Dr. Shoemaker on ways to eat to support healing on this protocol: https://www.survivingmold.com/legal-resources/community/week-of-may-8-2023
Jacie is a 4 year carnivore, certified nutrition coach, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a coach, facilitator, speaker, 3 year carnivore, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment.
Catch Jacie and Barbara on Judy Cho's podcast to learn more about their health journeys and why they started The CIRS Group: When Carnivores are Affected by Mold Illness - Jacie Gregory & Barbara Williams - https://youtu.be/CR8Uj-d_fok

CIRS then and now: TheCIRSGroup.com podcast turns 1 and celebrates FIFTY episodes!

For more information, visit https://thecirsgroup.com
 
CIRS, or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, is a really complex, confusing illness with a treatment protocol to match. Today, we celebrate FIFTY EPISODES of TheCIRSGroup.com podcast. To celebrate, we offer a retrospective of how far CIRS has come even in the short time we’ve known about it (two years) and where we see it going from here. For more information, support, and resources in your own CIRS healing journey, visit TheCIRSGroup.com
 
TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Intro and disclaimer
1:50 When we were first diagnosed vs now
3:50 Judy Cho’s pivotal role in CIRS awareness
5:00 Jordan Peterson interview w/Dr. Shoemaker and Dr. McMahon
7:29 Growing pains in the CIRS space
8:54 CIRSx conference
12:08 TheCIRSGroup.com - then and now
HELPFUL LINKS:
Judy Cho’s website: https://www.nutritionwithjudy.com/
Judy’s most impactful interview for CIRS awareness: https://youtu.be/-xt-0yJBGTs?si=euJXvOUQ5EcCmPGY
Jordan Peterson interview with Dr. Shoemaker and Dr. McMahon: https://youtu.be/LGG7om1hHcU?si=vX2lnk4eMg8oM1n6
CIRSx recap episodes (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtFmHRLGI2wHK62Iq4qOQqkxAwE9lkdpZ
Jacie is a 4 year carnivore, certified nutrition coach, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a coach, facilitator, speaker, 3 year carnivore, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment.
 
Catch Jacie and Barbara on Judy Cho's podcast to learn more about their health journeys and why they started The CIRS Group: When Carnivores are Affected by Mold Illness - Jacie Gregory & Barbara Williams - https://youtu.be/CR8Uj-d_fok
 

What if your gym, car, or job are keeping you sick? Potential exposure sources outside the home

For more information, visit https://thecirsgroup.com
CIRS, or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, is a really complex, confusing illness with a treatment protocol to match. Today, we are tackling a viewer request: other exposure sources besides homes. We’ll talk about what to do if you suspect one of these sources might be keeping you sick: your workplace, gym, salon, roommates, loved ones, and even your pets! For more information, support, and resources in your own CIRS healing journey, visit TheCIRSGroup.com
TIME STAMPS:0:00 Intro and disclaimer0:36 The first step of the Shoemaker Protocol: remove exposure1:29 Workplace exposure3:40 Changing jobs or starting a business as an option5:56 Vehicle exposure8:20 Errands, hobbies, salons, gyms11:18 Other people: roommates, spouses, family, friends13:17 Pets, animals
HELPFUL LINKS (NOT affiliate!):ZeroRez for car and carpet cleaning: https://www.zerorez.com/Defense soap: https://a.co/d/gJj76k4Defense soap wipes: https://a.co/d/gAjtCp8Tea Tree wipes: https://a.co/d/3xrcotbWipes for dogs: https://a.co/d/8y6uZj8Study on Staph and dogs: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2870875/Episode we did on dogs w/CIRS: https://youtu.be/6e_IznfWDec?si=n1gj6jNkl4Bf1GIUShoemaker’s advice on treatment of dogs: https://www.survivingmold.com/physicians/dashboard/previous-membership-section-questions-and-answers
Jacie is a 4 year carnivore, certified nutrition coach, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a coach, facilitator, speaker, 3 year carnivore, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment.
Catch Jacie and Barbara on Judy Cho's podcast to learn more about their health journeys and why they started The CIRS Group: When Carnivores are Affected by Mold Illness - Jacie Gregory & Barbara Williams - https://youtu.be/CR8Uj-d_fok

Change your brain to change your health: Limbic retraining explained

For more information, visit https://thecirsgroup.com
CIRS, or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, is taxing on your body, mind, and spirit. To fully heal from this chronic condition, you need to attack it on all fronts. Today, we’re tackling the mind: Limbic retraining, or rewiring your brain, can actually reduce symptoms and get your mind out of fight or flight and into a relaxed state, primed for healing and wellness. For more information, support, and resources in your own CIRS healing journey, visit TheCIRSGroup.com
TIME STAMPS:0:00 Intro and disclaimer0:43 Jacie’s passion for limbic retraining3:05 Permission to wait until you’re ready3:53 Limbic retraining is part of a holistic approach4:56 What is Limbic Retraining?8:14 Things that limbic retraining can improve:8:30 Mood regulation8:50 Fearing the gene or the biotoxins9:59 Believe you can heal, desire to heal10:44 Improving histamine responses11:10 Get a better baseline, resilience11:50 Ways of implementing limbic retraining
HELPFUL LINKS:The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science: https://a.co/d/gSN9SYkDNRS: https://retrainingthebrain.com/Gupta: https://guptaprogram.com/Wired4Healing, where Jacie leads classes: https://wired4healing.com/Nutrition with Judy’s Mind Body program: https://www.nutritionwithjudy.com/nwj-mind-body-programThe Joy Plan by Kaia Roman: https://a.co/d/gn5Nyg2Join The CIRS Group for limbic retraining support: https://www.thecirsgroup.com/
Jacie is a 4 year carnivore, certified nutrition coach, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a coach, facilitator, speaker, 3 year carnivore, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment.
Catch Jacie and Barbara on Judy Cho's podcast to learn more about their health journeys and why they started The CIRS Group: When Carnivores are Affected by Mold Illness - Jacie Gregory & Barbara Williams - https://youtu.be/CR8Uj-d_fok

Big Pharma helps? Sometimes! Prescription medications that help you heal from CIRS or mold illness

For more information, visit https://thecirsgroup.com
CIRS, or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, is a complicated illness but thankfully certain prescription medications can actually help you heal from it. The medications we discuss today are all used by various Shoemaker certified practitioners for their patients with CIRS. If you are interested in any of these medications, check with your practitioner to see if it might work for you. For more information, support, and resources in your own CIRS healing journey, visit TheCIRSGroup.com
TIME STAMPS:0:00 Intro and disclaimer1:25 Biotoxin Binders: Cholestyramine, Welchol4:53 Consideration for binder reactivity, and non-prescription option6:00 MARCoNs treatments: BEG, EDTA, Xlear, Silver8:46 MARCoNs spray for treatment in dogs10:54 VIP spray14:35 Low Dose Naltrexone for pain and low mood16:11 Cromolyn for MCAS or histamine issues
HELPFUL LINKS (not affiliate!):Mycobind: https://www.nutritionwithjudy.com/shopping/immune-support/mycobindXlear: https://a.co/d/gosaTiVXlear with Coptis: https://waldenfarmacy.com/product/coptis-nasal-spray/Argentyn 23: https://a.co/d/ejtPaGNACS spray: https://a.co/d/3sEVpSwDogs and CIRS episode: https://youtu.be/6e_IznfWDec?si=dmiX7m76pC0ZhRjeGENIE episode: https://youtu.be/bCNp9qNqWWc?si=FsbE1cddXvBoFZds
Jacie is a 4 year carnivore, certified nutrition coach, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a coach, facilitator, speaker, 3 year carnivore, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment.
Catch Jacie and Barbara on Judy Cho's podcast to learn more about their health journeys and why they started The CIRS Group: When Carnivores are Affected by Mold Illness - Jacie Gregory & Barbara Williams - https://youtu.be/CR8Uj-d_fok

The Human Experience of CIRS: 18 people share their stories of pain and hope in healing from mold

For more information, visit https://thecirsgroup.com
 
This one hurts, guys. But it’s important. CIRS, or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, can be a painful, isolating, debilitating illness. Today, we’re sharing stories our members allowed us to bring to you so you might understand CIRS a little better, or at least find empathy in your heart for those that suffer with it. And if you have CIRS, then I hope this validates your experience, even if no one in your life does. Despite the pain and sadness, we hope this is a message of hope for healing. It will get better, healing is possible. For more information, support, and resources in your own CIRS healing journey, visit TheCIRSGroup.com.
 
TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Intro and disclaimer
3:00 Tobey
3:57 Chad
4:28 Rosie
5:16 Missy
6:21 Gabriella
6:42 Gerald
7:04 Gloriana
8:15 Chike
9:05 Natascha
9:43 Kimberly
10:30 CIRS Mom
11:53 Chase
12:27 Ariel
13:27 Dorothy
13:42 Terrance
14:27 Tiffany
14:46 Kirk
15:40 Alyssa
16:44 Wrap up
 
For more information, support, and resources in your own CIRS healing journey, visit TheCIRSGroup.com
 
Jacie is a 4 year carnivore, certified nutrition coach, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a coach, facilitator, speaker, 3 year carnivore, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment.
 
Catch Jacie and Barbara on Judy Cho's podcast to learn more about their health journeys and why they started The CIRS Group: When Carnivores are Affected by Mold Illness - Jacie Gregory & Barbara Williams - https://youtu.be/CR8Uj-d_fok

How chronic illness changed us: Living & healing from Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS)

For more information, visit https://thecirsgroup.com
 
CIRS, or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, is a deeply impactful illness. It has changed us, but we think for the better. Today we’re exploring what having and healing from CIRS has done to our mindsets, relationships, and goals. For more information, support, and resources in your own CIRS healing journey, visit TheCIRSGroup.com
 
TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Intro and disclaimer
0:46 Forced focus on health and healthy relationships
2:42 CIRS re-prioritized the most important things
4:20 Lifestyle changes to support healing
6:40 Developing empathy for invisible illness
9:40 Ready for opportunities - willing to sacrifice
11:56 Doing hard things doesn’t mean they aren’t hard
13:25 Seeing CIRS everywhere
 
Jacie is a 4 year carnivore, certified nutrition coach, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a coach, facilitator, speaker, 3 year carnivore, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment.
Catch Jacie and Barbara on Judy Cho's podcast to learn more about their health journeys and why they started The CIRS Group: When Carnivores are Affected by Mold Illness - Jacie Gregory & Barbara Williams - https://youtu.be/CR8Uj-d_fok